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    WCU’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs

    January 23

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s online undergraduate business administration and law degree has been ranked 87th on U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2025 Best Online Programs.

  • Joe Giordano

    From ‘Night Court’ to internal auditor: The impact of extraneous factors on perception of competency

    Joe Giordano
    January 23

    Joe Giordano, assistant professor of accounting in the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµCollege of Business, conducted a study of the dilution effect – that is, the impact of superfluous factors – on internal auditors and their judgment of risk factors within an organization.

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    WCU’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs

    Julia Duvall
    January 23

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s online undergraduate business administration and law degree has been ranked 87th on U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2025 Best Online Programs.

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    SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµearns grant for new year

    Cam Adams
    January 22

    The State Employees Credit Union Public Fellowships Internship Program has been a mainstay at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ for the past few years. And thanks to a grant, the program will continue to thrive in 2025.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµstudent interns

    SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµearns grant for new year

    January 22

    The State Employees Credit Union Public Fellowships Internship Program has been a mainstay at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ for the past few years. And thanks to a grant, the program will continue to thrive in 2025.

  • Nora Lynn Finch at a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµTitle IX Pioneers event

    Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

    Cam Adams
    January 21

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna Nora Lynn Finch sat behind her friend, Kay Yow, honored to introduce her in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1989 induction ceremony. But before the ceremony began, Finch was approached by an unknown gentleman.

  • David joy

    Author and alumnus David Joy to give keynote address at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµResearch and Scholarship Conference

    Matt Salerno
    January 21

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ double alumnus and best-selling author David Joy will give the keynote address at the annual Research and Scholarship Conference at WCU. The event will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center.

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    Fund for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµsupports symposium on intersection of policing, social work

    Bill Studenc
    January 21

    More than 65 judges, prosecutors, behavioral health workers and representatives from law enforcement agencies across the mountains gathered earlier this year at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ for conversations about the root causes of issues that lead to interactions with police in Western North Carolina.

  • Nora Lynn Finch at a Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµTitle IX Pioneers event

    Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

    Cam Adams
    January 21

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna Nora Lynn Finch sat behind her friend, Kay Yow, honored to introduce her in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class of 1989 induction ceremony. But before the ceremony began, Finch was approached by an unknown gentleman.

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    George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµafter a decade of leadership

    Rachel Hood
    January 16

    After ten years of serving as Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts, George H. Brown is retiring.

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